Bloc Party Take Away Show

Bloc Party had a Take Away Show with La Blogotheque posted today. Check it out below, along with the new release, Intimacy, out now via Atlantic.




[VIDEO] Bloc Party - This Modern Love


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[Count Me Out] Album Review: Bloc Party - Intimacy
[Count Me Out] Video: Bloc Party "Talons"
[Count Me Out] Bloc Party "Trojan Horse"

2 New Wilco Songs

Wilco played two new tracks this past weekend at the Bridge School Benefit in California. Apparently demos for the new record are finished and the band will be heading to the Loft soon to start recording. Also, tune in to the Colbert Report on Thursday to see Wilco perform and make sure to check out some upcoming tour dates below.


[MP3] Wilco - New Song #1
[MP3] Wilco - New Song #2


Tour Dates

11.01.08 at Concert for Change - Union Theater (Madison, WI) *
11.29.08 at Metro Centre (Halifax, NS) ^
12.01.08 at Bell Centre (Montreal, QC) ^
12.02.08 at Scotia Bank Place (Ottawa, ON) ^
12.04.08 at Air Canada Centre (Toronto, ON) ^
12.05.08 at Air Canada Centre (Toronto, ON) ^
12.06.08 at Auditorium Theater (Rochester, NY)
12.07.08 at Palace of Auburn Hills (Detroit, MI) ^
12.12.08 at Wachovia Spectrum (Philadelphia, PA) ^
12.13.08 at DCU Center (Worcester, MA) ^
12.14.08 at Lyric Theatre (Baltimore, MD)
12.15.08 at Madison Square Garden (New York, NY) ^
12.16.08 at Madison Square Garden (New York, NY) ^
01.30.09 at Ann Arbor Folk Festival - Hill Auditorium (Ann Arbor, MI) #

* Jeff Tweedy, John Stirratt, and Pat Sansone performing
^ w/ Neil Young
# Jeff Tweedy solo


[Myspace] Wilco
[Website] Wilco

[Count Me Out] Wilco (feat. Fleet Foxes) "I Shall Be Released"
[Count Me Out] Wilco "Thirteen"
[Count Me Out] Jeff Tweedy Plays A New Tune
[Count Me Out] Free Wilco Bonus EP's
[Count Me Out] Video: Wilco (feat. Fleet Foxes) "I Shall Be Released"
[Count Me Out] New Wilco Record In 2009
[Count Me Out] Wilco "Sonny Feeling (Live)"
[Count Me Out] Video: Wilco at the Cubs Game
[Count Me Out] Wilco at Lollapalooza
[Count Me Out] Video: Wilco on SNL
[Count Me Out] Video: Wilco on SNL (Preview)
[Count Me Out] Wilco Residency Night 5 Setlist
[Count Me Out] Wilco Residency Night 4 Setlist
[Count Me Out] Wilco Residency Night 3 Setlist
[Count Me Out] Wilco Residency Night 2 Setlist
[Count Me Out] Wilco Residency Night 1 Setlist
[Count Me Out] Wilco To Play Every Song

Album Review: Ryan Adams & The Cardinals - Cardinology

Ryan Adams & The Cardinals - Cardinology


01. Born Into A Light
02. Go Easy
03. Fix It
04. Magick
05. Cobwebs
06. Let Us Down Easy
07. Crossed Out Name
08. Natural Ghost
09. Sink Ships
10. Evergreen
11. Like Yesterday
12. Stop





Standout Tracks: Stop / Fix It / Go Easy


This new Ryan Adams & The Cardinals record is pretty all right and definitely getting better with each listen, but honestly over the last few years, only a handful of Ryan's tunes have excited me as much as the older stuff. Cardinology is out today via Lost Highway.


* Album reviews are composed only after a few listens. Yes, opinions may change over time, but most first impressions (fortunately or unfortunately) seem to stick/hold true.


[Myspace] Ryan Adams
[Website] Ryan Adams

[Count Me Out] Ryan Adams "Fix It"
[Count Me Out] New Ryan Adams Record in October

Album Review: Bloc Party - Intimacy

Bloc Party - Intimacy


01. Ares
02. Mercury
03. Halo
04. Biko
05. Trojan Horse
06. Signs
07. One Month Off
08. Zephyrus
09. Talons
10. Better Than Heaven
11. Ion Square
12. Letter To My Son
13. Your Visits Are Getting Shorter
14. Flux





Standout Tracks: One Month Off / Biko / Signs


Intimacy is out today via Atlantic.


* Album reviews are composed only after a few listens. Yes, opinions may change over time, but most first impressions (un)fortunately seem to hold true. I wish I was creative enough to write a proper review, but I've failed miserably in the past. Here's the next best thing, I hope.


[Myspace] Bloc Party
[Website] Bloc Party

[Count Me Out] Video: Bloc Party "Talons"
[Count Me Out] Bloc Party "Trojan Horse"

Album Review: Snow Patrol - A Hundred Million Suns

Snow Patrol - A Hundred Million Suns


01. If There's A Rocket Tie Me To It
02. Crack The Shutters Open
03. Take Back The City
04. Lifeboats
05. The Golden Floor
06. Please Just Take These Photos From My Hands
07. Set Down Your Glass
08. The Planets Bend Between Us
09. Engines
10. Disaster Button
11. The Lightning Strike





Standout Tracks: Take Back The City / Please Just Take These Photos From My Hands / If There's A Rocket Tie Me To It


Not so sure how I feel about this album. I mean I like Snow Patrol and all, but definitely, as of right now, I don't think this is their best material. A Hundred Million Suns is out today via A&M.


* Album reviews are composed only after a few listens. Yes, opinions may change over time, but most first impressions (un)fortunately seem to hold true. I wish I was creative enough to write a proper review, but I've failed miserably in the past. Here's the next best thing, I hope.


[Myspace] Snow Patrol
[Website] Snow Patrol

[Count Me Out] Video: Snow Patrol "Take Back The City"
[Count Me Out] Snow Patrol "Take Back The City"
[Count Me Out] Snow Patrol Announce A Hundred Million Suns

Video: Brett Dennen "Make You Crazy"

Brett Dennen has a new video for "Make You Crazy," a tune off the new release, Hope For The Hopeless, out now via Dualtone/Downtown. Check it out below and remember that a Chicago show is coming up on November 13th at Schubas.




[VIDEO] Brett Dennen - Make You Crazy


[Myspace] Brett Dennen
[Website] Brett Dennen

[Count Me Out] Album Review: Brett Dennen - Hope For The Hopeless
[Count Me Out] Brett Dennen Announces Hope For The Hopeless
[Count Me Out] Brett Dennen "She's Mine"

Album Review: The Sea And Cake - Car Alarm

The Sea And Cake - Car Alarm


01. Aerial (4)
02. A Fuller Moon (4.25)
03. On A Letter (4.25)
04. CMS Sequence (4.25)
05. Car Alarm (4.25)
06. Weekend (4.75)
07. New Schools (4)
08. Window Sills (4.25)
09. Down In The City (4)
10. Pages (4.25)
11. The Staircase (4.25)
12. Mirrors (4.25)


50.5/60 = 8.5


Car Alarm is out now via Thrill Jockey.


* Album reviews are composed only after a few listens. Yes, opinions may change over time, but most first impressions (fortunately or unfortunately) seem to stick/hold true.


[Myspace] The Sea And Cake
[Website] The Sea And Cake

[Count Me Out] Video: The Sea And Cake "Weekend"
[Count Me Out] The Sea And Cake Announce Car Alarm

Album Review: Chad VanGaalen - Soft Airplane

Chad VanGaalen - Soft Airplane

01. Willow Tree (4.75)
02. Bones Of Man (4.25)
03. Cries Of The Dead (4.5)
04. Inside The Molecules (4.25)
05. Bare Feet On Wet Griptape (4.25)
06. Phantom Anthills (4.5)
07. Poisonous Heads (4.25)
08. TMNT Mask (4.25)
09. Molten Light (4.25)
10. Old Man + The Sea (4.5)
11. City Of Electric Light (4.25)
12. Rabid Bits Of Time (4.75)
13. Frozen Energon (4.25)

57/65 = 8.8


I'm digging this, not loving it, but digging it. Kind of reminds me of a Luke Temple meets Figurines, which I guess isn't a bad thing. Soft Airplane is out now via Sub Pop.


* Album reviews are composed only after a few listens. Yes, opinions may change over time, but most first impressions (fortunately or unfortunately) seem to stick/hold true.


[Myspace] Chad VanGaalen
[Website] Chad VanGaalen

Beach House on Shoot The Player

Beach House had a session with Shoot The Player posted recently. Check it out below, along with the new 7" single, Used To Be, out now via Carpark. Also, take a look at some upcoming tour dates.




[VIDEO] Beach House - Used To Be


Tour Dates

11.12.08 at [2] (Barcelona, ES) *
11.13.08 at Tanned Tin Festival (Castellón, ES) *
11.14.08 at Moby Dick (Madrid, ES) *
11.15.08 at CAEP (Portalegre, PT) *
11.16.08 at Cabaret Maxime (Lisbon, PT) *
11.17.08 at Passos Manuel (Porto, PT) *
11.20.08 at Rote Fabrik (Zurich, CH) ^
11.21.08 at Le Romandie (Lausanne, CH) *
11.22.08 at Covo (Bologne, IT) *
11.23.08 at Mattatoio (Carpi, IT) *
11.24.08 at RetroPop (Cesena, IT) *
11.25.08 at Circolo Degli Artisti (Rome, IT) *
11.26.08 at Magnolia (Milan, IT) *
11.27.08 at Whelan's (Dublin, IE) *
11.28.08 at Le Guess Who Festival (Utrecht, NL) *
11.29.08 at KB (Malmö, SE) *
11.30.08 at Tavastia (Helsinki, FI) *
12.01.08 at Vega (Copenhagen, DK) *
12.02.08 at Cargo (London, UK) *
12.10.08 at Club Hell (Providence, RI) #
12.11.08 at Iron Horse (Northampton, MA) #
12.13.08 at Lunt Basement - Haverford College (Haverford, PA)

* w/ Jana Hunter
^ w/ Joan As Police Woman
# w/ Tickley Feather


[Myspace] Beach House
[Website] Beach House

[Count Me Out] Beach House "Used To Be"
[Count Me Out] Video: Beach House From Juan's Basement
[Count Me Out] Beach House Black Cab Session
[Count Me Out] Beach House Announce Used To Be 7"
[Count Me Out] Video: Beach House "Norway?"
[Count Me Out] Video: Beach House "Gila"
[Count Me Out] Beach House at Schubas (03.26.08)
[Count Me Out] Video: Beach House "Heart Of Chambers"
[Count Me Out] Video: Beach House "You Came To Me"
[Count Me Out] Beach House "Gila"

Video: Stephen Malkmus And The Jicks "Gardenia"

Stephen Malkmus And The Jicks have a new video for "Gardenia," a tune off the new release, Real Emotional Trash, out now via Matador. Shot by Portland-based filmmaker/archivist Dan Woods, the video includes cameos from Gregg Gillis of Girl Talk, Brian Bell of Weezer, Gary Jarmin of The Cribs, Steve Turner from Mudhoney, Ratatat, and more. Check it out below.



[VIDEO] Stephen Malkmus And The Jicks - Gardenia


[Myspace] Stephen Malkmus
[Website] Stephen Malkmus

Video: Sufjan Stevens "Wolverine"

Pitchfork has shared a new Sufjan Stevens video for "Wolverine," a b-side off his 2003 release, Greetings From Michigan: The Great Lake State, out via Asthmatic Kitty. Check it out below.


[VIDEO] Sufjan Stevens - Wolverine


[Myspace] Sufjan Stevens
[Website] Sufjan Stevens

[Count Me Out] Video: Sufjan Stevens "Palm Sunday Tornado Hits Crystal Lake"

Video: My Brightest Diamond on Don't Look Down

Shara Worden aka My Brightest Diamond had a session with Pitchfork's Don't Look Down posted today. Check it out below, along with the new release, A Thousand Shark's Teeth, out now via Asthmatic Kitty. Also, remember that a Chicago show will be had November 7th at Schubas.



[VIDEO] My Brightest Diamond - Golden Star



[VIDEO] My Brightest Diamond - Apples



[VIDEO] My Brightest Diamond - From The Top Of The World



[VIDEO] My Brightest Diamond - Black & Costaud


[Myspace] My Brightest Diamond
[Website] My Brightest Diamond

[Count Me Out] My Brightest Diamond "From The Top Of The World"
[Count Me Out] Album Review: My Brightest Diamond - A Thousand Shark's Teeth

The Decemberists "O New England"

The Decemberists have shared another new tune, "O New England," off the new 12" release, Always The Bridesmaid: Volume I, out now via Y.A.B.B./Jealous Butcher. Check it out below and be on the lookout for Volume II on 11/4 and Volume III on 12/2. Also, a new full-length, The Hazards Of Love, is currently being mixed.




[STREAM] The Decemberists - O New England


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[Website] The Decemberists

[Count Me Out] The Decemberists "Valerie Plume"

Animal Collective Share New Album Art

Animal Collective have shared the album art to their forthcoming release, Merriweather Post Pavilion, out 1/20 via Domino. Check it out below and despite the dizziness, I can't wait to hear these new tunes, especially after reading this.





Tracklist

01. In The Flowers
02. My Girls
03. Also Frightened
04. Summertime Clothes
05. Daily Routine
06. Bluish
07. Guys Eyes
08. Taste
09. Lion In A Coma
10. No More Runnin
11. Brothersport


[Myspace] Animal Collective
[Website] Animal Collective

[Count Me Out] Animal Collective Announce Merriweather Post Pavilion
[Count Me Out] Video: Animal Collective Interview on Pitchfork

Video: Deerhoof "Family Of Others"

Deerhoof have a new video for "Family Of Others," a tune off the new release, Offend Maggie, out now via Kill Rock Stars. Check it out below.




[VIDEO] Deerhoof - Family Of Others


[Myspace] Deerhoof
[Website] Deerhoof

[Count Me Out] Video: Deerhoof "Chandelier Searchlight"
[Count Me Out] Album Review: Deerhoof - Offend Maggie
[Count Me Out] Video: Deerhoof "Fresh Born"
[Count Me Out] Deefhoof "Offend Maggie"
[Count Me Out] Video: Deerhoof "The Tears And Music Of Love"
[Count Me Out] Deerhoof Announce Fall Tour Dates
[Count Me Out] Deerhoof Announce Offend Maggie